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Polish registering with a UK doctor


peterweg 37 | 2,311  
16 Apr 2007 /  #1
Are Poles working in the UK entitled to register with a GP and get free treatment?
espana 17 | 950  
16 Apr 2007 /  #2
why not?
Giles  
16 Apr 2007 /  #3
Yes, Poland and the UK have a kinda healthy treaty, they get free medical treatment over here and we English free treatment in Poland, if we need it.
OP peterweg 37 | 2,311  
16 Apr 2007 /  #4
So, its a case of going in and registering? No NHS number required?
Giles  
16 Apr 2007 /  #5
reckon so
Huegel_gast  
16 Apr 2007 /  #6
Poland is signed up to the EHIC scheme (European Health Insurance Card) as is the UK.
If medical care is free in Poland (i'm hazy on that) as it is in the UK, then in each participating EU member state, it is also free on production of said card.

No voodoo involved. :)

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Varsovian 91 | 634  
17 Apr 2007 /  #7
In Poland, free treatment depends on you showing you have paid your ZUS health contributions (health part of national insurance contributions).
Without ZUS proof they ask you to go private - even if, in my case, it was an emergency.
To prove you've paid your ZUS, you have to show the paying-in slips or get proof of payment from your employer.
If you can't provide proof yourself, you have to approach ZUS (the social security agency) and they will give you proof in around 6-8 months.

Much voodoo, Huegel, I'm afraid.

Hegel using cartesian logic ...
Ho-hum!
Hueg - | 320  
17 Apr 2007 /  #8
lol

It was mother's fault. She bought me an ala Descartes kitchen as a child. :)

In Poland, free treatment depends on you showing you have paid your ZUS health contributions

Thanks for the info.
It's not at all like the british setup then, I stubbed my toe. An ambulance will be with you shortly. You live where? Full riot gear, wait a minute the ones with squareheads and drainpipes are the good guys.

All part of the service and that follows us around, in a non stalker type way. Like a medical American Express, that'll do nicely. :)

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